Comments on: We could grow up together, E.T….

By: dan

dan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:02:08 +0000

See, I’ll agree with you on the Thai food – but then, there’s not exactly a big Thai population here demanding restaurants that serve authentic cuisine, and a restaurant that served it probably wouldn’t survive here (not to mention the lack of availability of many of the ingredients needed to make it really authentic – they’re just not imported to Argentina) – restaurants are businesses after all and need to cater to some extent to local tastes. I would agree that Shi Yuan is a very good restaurant (and I’ve reviewed it here), but again, it’s not particularly authentic, and for my Chinese friends here, they feel about it the way you feel about the Thai ones – and that’s with a fairly large Chinese population here.

By: real thai

real thai — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:32:01 +0000

i’m real thai in buenos aires, those thai restaurants are not the original ones, the taste is not so good as it could be. it’s very bad that there is no good thai restaurant here because i’m so bored with argentine food, it’s so boring with empanada, parilla, asado. well but there is a good chinese restaurant named chi yuan, that’s quite good enough, i strongly recommend…

By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Lotus Blossom

SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Lotus Blossom — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:22:56 +0000

[...] And, I’d heard stories – the owners of Lotus Neo Thai were the original owners of Empire Thai and had run the place into the ground, skipped out on paying bills and employees, left their new [...]

By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Micro-Thai

SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Micro-Thai — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:45:09 +0000

[...] would indeed! A good spot for Thai food up in Belgrano, on the opposite end of town from Empire, would be an excellent thing. The “Bar Massage” thing had me wondering, but we [...]

By: Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #2 | Buenos Aires Travel Guide

Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #2 | Buenos Aires Travel Guide — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:11:45 +0000

[...] Saltshaker reviews the Empire Thai restaurant in the Microcentro, which is is one of the better Asian restaurants in Buenos Aires, and Chere Sophie, a decent restaurant attached to a school for hotel, tourism and restaurant management, just about in Recoleta. [...]

By: kaos.geo

kaos.geo — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:45:57 +0000

Ok then, looking forward to the review!.

Now that I’m registered, perhaps I’ll recommend you a couple of places to try out from time to time.

Keep up the good work!
PiT

By: dan

dan — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:01:17 +0000

I have visited Lotus Thai once, but need to go back again before I review it and try some more things, I didn’t get a real feel for it on my one visit.

Sorry the registration put you off, but it’s that or accept dealing with large quantities of spam postings.

By: kaos.geo

kaos.geo — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:45:45 +0000

Hello, I usually post on ECC.
I’ve been wanting to post around here for a while but the registration part put me off.
Now, having seen your review on Empire, I wanted to comment that originally (circa 2000) Empire was named “Lotus Downtown” and was an ofshoot of the “Lotus Neo Thai” restaurant in Belgrano.
Management split or sold the downtown branch a couple of years later.
Anyway I strongly recommend a visit to the Lotus in Belgrano.
The Pad Thai with shrimps and the like is heaven, and the Curry Masaman supposedly is stellar.
I assume you have not visited LNT in belgrano, as I searched this site for a review and found none. If you had (appart from making all this chatter utterly pointless) could you point to the review?

Regards.
PiT